eBizcuss took Apple to court in January for unfair business practices, accusing it of throttling the supply of iPads and MacBooks, and giving its own stores preferential treatment for stock.

CEO Francois Prudent said at the time that his shops had been unable to get any shipments of the iPhone 4S and that Apple's unreliable supply had knocked his business's revenue down 30 per cent in the past year. He also complained about having spent $6.5m to meet Apple's strict requirements for resellers only to face a choking off of stock.